Maycee is 3 months!!

YEAH!!! I'm 3 months!!!!!!!!

Maycee is such a HAPPY baby! Always smiling or cooing (or almost laughing now)! She's really started to replicate sounds that you make and she is starting to scoot with her legs (like if she's laying down she can push those legs and scoot on her back)! With Rayna I was wishing and hoping for the times to come when she would do this...or do that...but with Maycee I'm wishing that time would slow down! I think it's the realization that it won't be long and she'll be gaining more and more independence and won't want to be cuddled all the time :(. But don't get me wrong - it is AWESOME watching Rayna progress and progress!

It was getting really late when I tried to take some pictures with the little crochet hat that her big sister Rayna had! Oh how I just LOVE this hate and Maycers looked so cute in it! I thought that our hydrangea bush would be a nice place to take her pictures...wish I would have done it a bit earlier but she's still so cute regardless, right? :)

It was around 3 months that Maycee cried with tears for the first time! I couldn't resist taking a picture because even though sad - those wet little eyes looked so tempting to snap a picture really quick! Don't worry - I quickly picked her up and cuddled her, until it was all better :)

Maycee's 2 months

So I'm just a LITTLE behind because Maycee will actually be 3 months next week, but better late than never right? June seems to have just FLOWN by with everything going on! I had to go back to work (sigh...I miss my kids during the day dearly), Spencer graduated, and we've just been trying to get into a routine of day to day with Mommy back at work. Maycee is growing great, according to her doctor at her 2 month appointment! She was 12lbs 11oz and 23 1/2 inches long. She ranked 80-85% in both weight and height. When I got home I was eager to compare what Rayna was at 2 months. I was shocked that Rayna was 10lbs 9 oz and was about 22 3/4 inches long at the same point. It's so funny how different the two girls have been thus far! Maycee Grace is SUCH a sweetie (Rayna is and always was too) but Maycee is ALWAYS smiling! It's amazing! She wakes up smiling and goes to bed smiling! I feel so lucky to have such a happy baby! She started sleeping through the night at about 6 weeks, and is holding her head up awesome! She is also "talking" to us more and more each day! I'm not exactly sure when Rayna started "talking" to us, but I feel like Maycee is doing it rather quickly! I just feel so lucky each and every day that I have with these girls! They are my EVERYTHING!!!

Here's some pictures of Maycee's 2 month photo shoot! Rayna was napping while I was taking Maycee's pictures but wanted to join us! I was super thrilled because we got some great sister pictures!

Spencer is Graduating!!! WHOOT WHOOT!!!

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It's hard to believe, but my little brother will be graduating in a couple weeks! Mom and Dad let me take his senior pictures and we had a BLAST!!! I loved the time we spent together and I was even happier that everyone liked them! We all worked together and put together this Graduation Announcement for him, and I think it's way cooler than the boring announcements that you get from school! hahaha! I can't wait to see him walk across that stage during commencement and I can't wait to help him celebrate at his party! WAY TO GO SPENCER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mother's Day (Take Two)!

It would NOT be a complete day if Rayna didn't manage to get stuff all over her face! The black above her lip is a little pollen from a flower she got just a BIT too close to, and the line on the side of her face is Covergirl Outlast (and it does Outlast let me tell you...hahaha) Lipstick! SILLY GIRL!

Mother's Day was SUCH a fun day spent at home this year! The girls' got me 2 pink dogwood trees, one representing each of them! We planted them in the backyard where I can see them from the dining room and kitchen window! I CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL THEY BLOOM NEXT YEAR!!! I just love dogwood trees and was THRILLED to know that is what I got from them this year! Something that I can always look at and remember my very first Mother's Day with two little girls! Rayna picked out who's was who's, and she was nice enough to water them BOTH (since Maycee obviously could not!) Also because Maycee needed a little help in standing by hers, I enlisted the help of mom to stand with her by her tree! What a fun mother's day it was!! How very thankful I am that I am blessed enough to celebrate this holiday myself now, and now with two little blessings that call me "Momma" (or at least one that does for now...and another that will later...hahaha)!

Happy Birthdays and Happy Mother's Day (Take One)

This year we got together at "Mammy's" to celebrate a whole lotta things all in one! haha! We got together to celebrate Susan's birthday, Grandma Hilbert's birthday AND Mother's Day for all the momma's on her side of the family! Boy was it a fun day! It was bittersweet, too, because we had no idea that this same week Grandma Hilbert would be moving to Ohio, so I'm really glad we all got together! I'm sure going to miss her face when we go to Indy, but sure hope she's liking her new apartment and the chance to spend more time with Aunt Bonnie! Of course I'm sentimental and HAD to get us all together for another generational picture! I LOVE these kind of photos! haha! It sure was a fun day had by all, and Rayna and Maycee got to play with their 2nd cousins - Ian and Colin. Can't wait to get the kids together again sometime! Grandma was so cute, too! When we got there she immediately wanted to hold Maycee and said to me, "Sarah, I have been waiting for this day!" Melted my little heart! I think the pictures of her and Maycee turned out so cute!

Rayna's Easter Pictures (ummm..FINALLY)!

She is just TOO PRECIOUS!!

An up close and personal look at our new "pretty shoes" as she calls them! haha! You can see that she even posed her leg for the picture! hahaha!

This picture is so funny to me! To prove that she is even MORE used to my CONSTANT picture taking, she sat right down and posed her hands ALL BY HERSELF!! Way to go my little model! hahaha!

SISTERS <3

She needed to take a brief break from our photo session and run as fast as she could away from me! hahahahaha!

She certainly looked so cute in her Easter dress and matching new shoes!!!

Well, I'm just a TAD late in posting Rayna's Easter pictures! hahaha! Better late than never, right? Oh my gosh - she was being such a ham that day in her pretty new Easter dress! She seems to be warming up to the camera (FINALLY) after about 3 years of my constant "say cheese!" I always get the "cheese" but sometimes she won't actually look at the camera when she's saying it! HAHAHA! So, I still just take what I can get! I didn't get a chance to really get the girls in their dresses together, but I did get them in their dresses seperate and we'll shoot for together next year! hahaha! Hard to believe we are just a couple weeks away from Memorial Day - wowza - this year is almost half over!!!

Maycee's One Month!!!

So I know that I'm just a few days late posting this (wow...12 to be exact) but it's hard to believe that Maycee Grace is already 1 month old!!! Granted I do not remember when everything happened with Rayna, but Maycee has been holding her head up on her own already!! And really...no joke...she was doing this before we even left the hospital! I wonder if when babies are born bigger, if it means that they can hold their head up sooner? Just a theory, of course! Also, she is bearing weight on her legs already and has started to climb up my chest when I'm burping her after her bottle! She is beginning to be awake more and more during the day, with just little cat naps here and there, and we seem to be starting a trend of 4 hours between feedings at night! COME ON BABY GIRL - let's get to 8! hahahaha! Everything seems soooo much easier this time around though! Plus with the help of big sister - we are set!! Maycee goes for her 2 month check - up on June the 8th so I'll be sure to post her stats! She seems to have grown a TON though, even since that 2 week check up where she'd gained a pound and grown an inch! I'm trying to enjoy every minute since she is our last!! As a friend of mine says "How Sweet it is...This Life that I'm Livin'!"